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AGUA's weekly crop water use report

Ledger Staff Report

Posted:
04/03/2014 09:40:17 AM MDT

This crop water use report designed to help you better manage crop and lawn irrigation throughout the year.

It is being brought to you through a partnership between Colorado State University and the Arkansas Groundwater Users' Association (AGUA) through a grant funded under the Arkansas Basin Roundtable and the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

Using meteorological data from Colorado State University's COAGMET weather station network, the amount of water used by crops and grasses over the past week is calculated. These amounts will be provided in the weekly crop water use report.

With this report you can plan on how much water you need to apply in the coming week to meet plant demands for water.

It will be printed weekly throughout the growing season. If you wish to receive more frequent reports, they are available online at cogmet.colostate.edu.

At that site you can tailor reports to meet your specific needs. There is also an option to sign up for a text messaging service that will deliver a report to your phone at no cost.

If you have questions about the printed report or the online or texting services you can contact the AGUA office at (719) 948-2150